ii-.i.V. ".
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H. B. MASSEll, KDITOK AND PROP1UKTOR.
OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.
CI jFxmUs iitUjspapcr-Drtotrti to &olWcs, aftrvntuvc, iTovnlfty, .iFovtfjj.t an Domestic lt)as, Scfcnce ann the cuts, eiflrlcultuvc, -fllirrltrts, amusements, Vt.
NEW SERIES VOL. J, NO. 13.
SUMiUUY, NOiiTJIUMIJEULANl) COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 131.
OLD SERIES VOL. 11, NO. 3S.
N
CAR
, TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.
THK AMKItlCAN l pul.li.'hwl even- P.itnnlny nt
TWO DOLLARS per iilimlili tn be puiil Imlf yenrly ill
advance. No pnner diacontinucii until all urreuroges uru
pniil.
AH eommnnirntinnfi or letters on biiFinrs. relating to
the utfice, ti insure attention, inimt Ire rosyc PAID.
TO (JLlljsi.
Three cojiiei ti cue adili ess, .1 00
Seven Da Do in no
Fifteen Do Do SO 00
Five dollars in mlv.mee will (.my for three yeut'ii iili
icriution tn the American.
One Solium of Id linen, 3 times,
Every nuhne,piunt insertion,
One Sfinnre, 3 months,
Mix month.,
One ywir,
Hu.iueHs Cards of Five lines, per nntinm,
SI 00
83
3l Kl
4 no
ono
sou
itiercnants una oiners, mivcrtisin:; hy thu
year, with the privilege of inserting
dilTerent uilverlisenienls weekly. 1000
CP Lurjiei Advertisements, us per agreement.
A TTOl! NEY A T LAW,
EDKBUnY, PA.
D us-inrss attended to in the Counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Lycoming unil Columbia.
JSifer to t
r, & a. Kiivoinit,
l.uwi'r ci llnrroii.
Koiucrs & Snoilirra?., VhiLitl.
Reynolds, Mcl'arlaml & Co.,
tSnering, fiiioil iV Co.,
iNEW STORE AT KOLLOWIITG RUN.
At the Crosa Hmnh. iintr .. 1). Cvnrailf,
Lover Aii'.ytfta.
J. Ji. KA.1!FKA!'AX
RESPKCTl'l.T.l.Y informs his friends ami
tin- pulilir pi'iti-rully, liiut lie Iihh just rccriv
ed and openeil now slock of (ronds, wliieli lie
now olii-rs for sn!o on the most rc.isonnltk' teiins.
His stork consisls in purt of
M't'II AS
Cloths, Cfis.iiiirrt'.v, Sallmrtts, Merinos, be.
Kumnior wtiv of all kinds .Muslins, (.'iiliooes,
liirinliiiins, Cliorks,
AI.SO:
An asBOitini'iit of Ilardiviirr of all kinds, most
,, p'unrallv in u-e.
Al.'.-O:
(J I'octM'ics ol' :iU Kinls,
As Sugar, Cnffee, Tin, Milafsn. Spirit. r"c
'ALSO: luivnswaiv and Croekery ware, a
full assortment.
Also Milk Hals, Chip Hats, and Straw llat.
AT. SO : All nssm-linrnl of J,i,piors, iz :
DitANOY. Wixr, Whisk kv, Sec.
.Besides a variety of ulher aitieles, most KPiier
ully used and in want hy fanners and other per
sons, nil of whirh he will sell to purchasers at a
paving of tell per cent, hy calling on him.
All kinds of produce taken in cchango for
goods at the hiuhest market price.
Hollowing l!un, April -11, ISol. If.
SPRING AND" SUHMER "CLOTHING.
E
Vl'.WYIioDV should
this oppnrtu-
nil v to huv Cl.orill.N; fur Men, Vouth
and lioys, nt sucli prices as have never yet heen
known 'in this Cilv. at ClIOIifiH CUI.I.WS
CLOTllI.N'Ci i:sTAl;l,I.-'U.MF,.NT, South-Mast
('orner of Market and Second Streets, Philadel
phia, oinhraeiiiir a choice of the host, most desira
ble, and fashiouahlo
DRESS AND FROCK COATS,
Habit (.'loth do., i.inon "Dril Unit do,, Tweeds,
6ic, &c, together wilh a (Treat variety of
Boys' Clothing-,
Consistinp; of Sack Coats, Polka Jackets, Mon
key Jackets, Vests and Kound Jackets made of
Twerd, Linen flrillinn. Cloth, Alpacca, Kersa
mier. Doeskin, A."c.
I'articular care has been taken to procure the
new styles for Men and Hoys' Summer Coats,
i'alitnloonn, Vests, iVc, to which he would invite
fipccial attention.
Furnishing (loods.
C'nnsistiui of Shirts. Slocks. Handkerchiefs. &e.;
till of which are oll'cred at the ( I'axulJe
tu.'h 7'firrT, and a a cheap as any other Clothing
More in Ihe l.'nion.
Parents who desire Iinis' Clotiiinb arc ear
nestly invited to examine the Stock.
Country Storekeepers can l.e accommodated ut
verv low rales.
fir.Olif.'l' crux.
8. K. Cumer of SiamJ b MirLet Sis. I'htla.
April 11), 1 .)!. tf.
TO ADVERTISERS.
"You arc fSjicct flhj informed, that
(J. H?jL!EaiCEl)
General Auveilisini;' Newspaper Agent,
HAS tiii: ACHNCV
For all piijicm generally in ihe. V. Stales.
'A DVKi'TISi; US can always sec their ndver
tiscments when published, us be wishes to
keep a regular filj of all paper he advertise in.
from Ins experience with rvewspapers in adver
tising in city and country, advertisers would find
it to their interest to coiirult with him upon the
aubject, C. Pir.l!(',
fr'fii. Advertising Agl., FniIUtin liuihlins.
Pltiladel.hia, April 1!, ly.
SHAM0KIN,
Northumberland County, Pa.
THK subscriber respectfully informs hisfriends
and the public, generally, that he has open
ed a new Hotel in the town of Shamokin, Xor
thuinbcrl.iud county, on the corner of Sli.nilukiil
and Couuneree streets, nearly opposite to the
House he formerly kept. He is well prepared to
eceommodato his guests-, nud ia also provided
with good stabling. He tnista his experience,
and strict attention to business, will induce per
sons visiting the coal region to continue the Ills
oral patronage he has heretofore received.
WILLIAM WUAVEK.
Shamokin, April J.U, ltSot).-tf.
JAMES 11. MAGEE
I AS removed from his old Stand, Xo. 118
ine street, to
A'o. 52 Dilttvyn St., (bct'n Cul'hill $ Willow,)
where he has constantly tin hand,
BROWN STOUT, PORTER,
Ale and Cider,
FOR HOME COXSl'MPTION Oil SMITING.
N, 13 Coloring, Bottling, Wire and Bottles,
inegiir, Vc. I or tale as ubove.
Philadelphia, April 13, 1851. ly.
Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company
DR. J. 11. M ASSER ia the local agent for the
above Insurance Company, in Northumber
land county, and is at all time ready to ullect
Jiuuruiice against fire on reul or personal pro-
iort.y, ue ruuowuin pom-lea lor tue aatue.
' .Sitnbury, April 80, 1851 tf.
JUSTICES' FEE WLLS. For .ale by
II. 13. MANSER,
fcujibury, April SB, 18SI
SELECT POETRY.
From Arthur'. Iloniu Gazette.
JUNE.
BY JNO. It. W FF EY.
She) ennm donr June a tnaidin brown,
Vul rosy us Ihe blush of mum,
With stop tis liohlslonu ns llm ilown
t )?cr iinltiiriii's tuispiii"; meadows borno :
A holy calm is on Iter luow.
A mellow tiuiro of ripened iVuifjht ;
Mor dorp, iluik eves, Unit chastely slow,
Willi love ami tiunloiness mo fruiiyht :
As pilk ol corn 1 1 1 r lrcssi;s fair
tfo sinoolli so chiingeltil in their hue;
llor beauteous jp )jk,. rubii's arc,
Or chi'i'iios moist ivilh tnortiiiii- dow ;
Her breath is sweet as I'niitut pens,
Or roses fresh in mi .o ; i r , t,.r' sliiivvnr :
Her voico is liki) tin; voice of bees,
llatl litiininiojj woo the wild-wood Uowcr.
That voice iis mtirnnirt'il music lloals
i Iiiou::Ii all llio ( ; u 1 1 i realms ol air,
Ami iijoht and day Us jjeutlo notes
Fall soolhhii on lhe ear of care :
It pierces IhioiiL'h tin; busy lium
'J'liat wtajis the city in, and seems
To speak the whispered words, that eotna
r,- t;... ..) , 1 ....... ;,. .i
1 lUlll llJ3 Ul SLI.ll ill llli;ilU13.
Toil's pent-up, wan an, I s nl-browed child
Hears, smiles, mid ope s Ins ear, nllnrst
Fur sounds of tar-olf " woiiil-notes wild,"
And waters that in cascades burst ;
And maidens that, wilh linger lips
All worn, sit fiulinn day by day,
A tnoiiient pause, wilh patlel lips,
To ill ink its imiriuers as they stray.
The sick man bears il, and he rpiits
His couch obedient to Its call,
To linger where the brnwn-llirnsli flits,
And shade and smiliirht iiriiinliii!; fall,
The brood of crime, that in dark cells
Thu onler world no mom may see,
Hear and are plndiluneri, for it lolls
Of winds and waves that wander free.
The erector's of the poor are thine.
Sweet June of all that toil below ;
I'or lie Ml dost not thy love cnuline,
Miit blessings upon all bestow ;
The Mowers in crowded courts that dwell,
Kestdii tile) laborer s sunless door,
May never meet lliy smiles, yet still
Thy tears the drooping ones restore.
Then come, O heaven-born June, the woods
For thee shall wave their branches gteen,
And all eailh's towns and solitudes
O'erllow with happiness serene :
Incense and son", Ihe calm-eyed hours:
Shall pour about thy way like rain,
And Childhood lanuh from leafy bowers
As thy white feet skim o;cr the grain.
And thrill, O mild and thoiejh'ful June,
IWaysl teach a lesson all should know,
That nearest, dealest, is the tune,
Where joy and tan row tetnperitijr flow,
That mirth amlyiiei. nud smiles and teais.
liy ininyliiiL', niako lite heart most
irreen.
That ho is blest, and blessings bears,
Who keeps with thee the jjolden mean.
Skctc I).
l-'nmi Hip Iuicnst'T l"iiitn ami Trihum.
A FRAGMENT.
IT MKl'T. ItOlir.UT ( LAY Rocr.its, V. S. A.
Popita is a dear remembrance even now.
No new face or tie of friendship, or change
of scene have thrust her picture from the
best place in memory, to one ol its dim
lumber jalleries, where are stored odds
and ends, only things almost forgotten.
Xo, no. Thrice no. 1 keep her portrait
in the most accessible memory-spot, where
oftentimes I go to muse over her and the
strange events that broiivrht ns lorrother.
You can not see her wilh my vision, dear
reader, would that you could ! as it is, you
look at her in shadow only in a half
nijzht. I'or when could the most artistic
phraseology describe animated things,
which are so indescribable livinrr life
wilh its wondrous energy and expression.
Words are dead thintrs in any hands, and
a shadow dillers from substance so does
laii'.ruaL'e from the Heal it would figure.
Yet I'epila shutild he painted here, what
though Life shames the cold colors the ar
tist must use! It may he, one lucky brush
line, one happy expression will rive a sem-
lance. As steep is Life vet J,ile half in
death, so, shadowy, dim and vague is word-
matter that would shape out the actual.
J epita bad pist turned sixteen when I
knew her an ae in her clime that devel
ops the perfect woman. Girlhood had
well mull ;one the uprtmr rose that was
half bud through a summer's sun was over
it; her p;rowtli was well nigh complete
and she had burst forth, opening in the lull
Mower, and similar indeed to a slender
stemmed lily was she. She was diminu
tive and diminutive in the Spanish ever
convoys the idea of lender yet in her
dimimitiveness what grace and beauty !
tier eyes were black and so were the over
hanging lashes. In their luminous depths
there was a strange fascination such as 1
never had seen belure. They were bright,
coruscating ever ; yet soft and dreamy as
orbs can be, and in that dreaminess Jay
their glory. The iris had that strange pro
perty of dilation and contraction which
gives to eyes a meaning and a mystery a
something that shadows visibly the unseen.
Her mouth was like a rosy 'lipped shell
that one sometimes finds on Pacific Island
shores, and her voice was low and clear
and sweet almost a sibilation in its com
mon utterance.
And in moon-lighted nights in the great
Tluzn of the city of Mexico, have I heard
its soft intonations in the pauses of music
from the band near whispering in plain
tive minor the smooth liquids and deep
vowels of the Castilian tongue Pepita
hanging on my arm rtioso-wrapped, un
bonneted, as Mexican maidens always are;
her black braided hair in a halo almost in
the sheen ol the soft moon rays, and those
nights are ever to be remembered.
The Giand Tlaza is the night resort for
all classes at the capital. On its east side
stretches the Palace, its hundred windows
throwing nut light from the chandaliers
within : opposite is the Portal wilh its
columns and arches and confectioner's
shops; and on thu right, the cathedral
with its great domes dark us dai ke.st night,
ils deep nineties wherein stood figures ol
mitred priest and croziered saint; the
projecting corbels; the heavily enwrought
windows and tin; massive mouldings.
was there that Pepita and I have
olten wandered when I would tell her ol
my far distant home, my past history, and
together we would ponder on the future
wondering il the present f ate that frowned j
over me like a thunder-cloud was to con-
linut dark and end in complete nothing
ness. Jiright and joyous in the hirlii'ia, or
evening parly was soul-eyed 'Pepita. j
Through Ihe mazes of the ruiilrmluiize she
went, (lashing like a sunbeam in that silver ;
star-spangled dress I so well remember ; I
while fiuin her shoulders drooped the dorp !
fringed rebozo, that floated, gossatnine, be-j
hind, and the light foot-falls went hand in
hand with the guitar harmony in perfect I
r.,,.1 - l:...- - ,.l .. l I
iiii.tsiii i, tuui bui i uuihi i ii eyes suuweieti
soft praise-smiles over her lit he and grace
ful" figure.
Now lor a surprise, compassionate read
er. Did you think I was hymning a crea
ture of mine owtt love ? ol my love, yes I
but of mine less than that of another. Site
wrote words of hope and aflection and re
membrance in my heart-book illuminated
words that will remain bright and utulim
med through all years, such a record
though, as a sinter would write, and as
only such was she to me. Yet she had a
lover an oliicer, a gallant fellow, very
unlike most of his countrymen. Jlow it
was that I became dear enough to hi r for
such heart-revealimrs as she made to me of
Don Carlos, my modesty permits not a re
lation. I had done him a service and no
more it becomes mo to add, and it is not
strange that beauty and tenderness and sen
sibility like hei's should find an admirer
and that she should be gratelul to me that
I had stood between her admirer and peril.
Perhaps I regretted I was a foreigner
aye, worse an enemy, over whom swoop
ed a destiny, seeming inexorable, like the
old Creek Fatalism. And this very inci
dent, this uncQiumonncss of event, together
with the lile service done her lover, broke
down all conventional furm and phrase,
and made us soon
"Kin as h'Tss ear met eye."
I have thus introduced only Ihe com- I
mon sight of two lovers not home-ones,
to be sure, but of another clime, and in the
midst of terrible and extraordinary events j
and because they were so dangi-r-girded j
and foreign, is, I think, of greater attract
iveness than if they had been of us even j
o( the sclool-titnes of any of us, attaining j
maturity with us. Y'et 1 have a sequel j
mat is Iraugut with melancholy, ending in
sadness1.
Three mouths after 1 had first met Pe
pita 1 was again with my country men, and
out of the hands of my captors.
All of us know the story of the cam
paign in the valley of Mexico. Fut that
campaign envolved many an individual
heroism that hi.storv, which only deals ol
the aggregate, will never nolicej and j
whit h many-longiied rumor even, has j
dutuhly passed over. oieeless and dead
are lh-y as many of Ihe actors, ami silen-j
ter than monumental marble. That then i
which thro, 1.1 1 .i I m n ,i il'l 1 tlilMn.rj 11. it '
.. ...v.. u. . ...... , .. ..... u..
high as the flowers that wave in the moan
ing wind on the graves of the gallant men
we left in Mexico. And for obscurity and
death and a turf bed forever in a strange
land, went many a chivalrous heart from
wife and mother. (Jlory, which is a cloud
castle away up in the sky, or beautiful em
broidery woven by fancy, was stionger
than borne-love and home-hopes; and the
eager mind that dared all, lost all, even
a little history. The names of those tl.-il
loll were blent in a single one called irar,
and then men preached morals from i',
and lo ! the soldier's guerdon.
Yet, oh, people of America! that cam
paign was complete heroism. F.very foot
fall over those high mountains and the
green spread valley brought your brothers
nearer to death, and every font-fall was a
hero's. q knows their names? who
can drag up from oblivion deader than
death itself, the title ol many? II, by
chance, there is one, it is writ as small,
and hung as high ns Nero's tablets, that no
man could read, ('ontroras, Churu'uisco,
Molino del Rev, Chapnltopec and Mexico
are cynosures for posterity brave lessons
for future readings to those who lisp in in
fancy now, and all who are to be. Heaven
rest the souls of those who tipreared with
their bodies such monuments as make our
country great and renowned !
On the evening of the I3lh ol Septem
ber, our army that had been engaged since
early morn, laid down to rest. Death
and desolation were around, but the ex
hausted soldier forgot all in his dreams.
On the morrow it was known, that the last
blow would be struck that would give us
the city that lay quiet before us then all
hushed in the quiet moon-light. That
morrow came, and after a desultory war
fare from street to street, and house-top to
house-top, our flag went up over the Pal
ace, amidst thousands of huzzas, and thus J
the goal was won. 1 nat same evening a
message came to me that Pepita was sick
and dying, and wished to see me.
I went to her house. It was near the
Paseo, where, the day before, was such a
scene of carnage and death. Now there
was no fluttering mantilla from the Uulcon
above, as in times gone no tender eyes of
welcome turned down to me as I entered
the well-remembered sain, but all was qui
et and melancholy and gloomily prophetic.
Her mother met ine at the door, and in
a few words told me that during the con
flict of the previous day, Pepita had been
1 near her lovei most of the time. During
the noon when the American forces had
made the attack on the Garilu of San Be
fen, the same ball that sped Don Carlos to
death, wounded Pepita. She was brought
home by some commiserating soldiers, ami
her medical attendant had said that she
was beyond recovery. She wished to see
me ere she died.
1 passed within the room and sat at the
bed-side where lay the Pepita of many a
moon-lil walk many a gay IrrlnUa yet
so wan and weary and death-embraced
now. She looked at me intently, some
tears gathered to the eye, but there was no
utterance from the lip which I saw strug
gling with voiceless feeling. Her hair
was loose anil lay in curls about the pil
low and half hid her face, and that face
was pale and thin, and more beautiful than
ever for I saw on it that holy light which
heaven sometimes lends to the dying. Sad
sight it is to see on young checks that lan
guor which is the sure presage ol the death
coldness no love-warmth can chase away.
It appears hard to hide away in earth the
grace and charm of a young life, and I
Wondered then at the mysterious Provi
dence that could give such beauty to reft
it away so soon.
The arm that ley stretched outside the
sheet was raised and laid on mine I took
her hand and leaned over it in voiceless
sorrow. The mother at first stood at the
bed's foot and then came nearer and kneel
ed down hiding the tears that were on
her cheeks, in the hair that Jay robe-like
near.
"It is well nigh over I shall go soon,"
and Pepita's vc'ico, as she said this was
tremulous, but clear, low-toned and inex
pressibly plaintive. I could not reply I
only looked with tearlnl eyes on the meek
face that was turned to me.
"l has gone belore," she resumed,
"and something whispers to me to follow.
Xav, no teal's! I Would not live, now
that all is over with hope ami love." Here
she looked lo Iter mother, whose weeping
was audibly painful. Pepita turned to her,
and struggling to reach her, said : "Kiss
mi' mother," and then there was .silence
again, broken only by the sobs that could
Hot be stilled.
A little while after a priest arrived, ar
rayed in an liabi'iment of white, on the
front ol which was embroidered a scarlet
cro.-s. 1 had heard the tinkling of the bell
Hint announced the coming of the Unit,
and as it censed nt the door, I knew that
the impressive viaticum was about to be
celebrated.
Kneeling all, the solemn rites began.
Pepila's l ice wore a strangely serious look,
yet a smile .struggled through richer in
promise of the immortality to which idle
was hastening, thin creed or cross, or
priest. Solemn consignment of the poor,
impatient bark to the se:l of I'ternity , was
th.it farewell ! and oh ! in that other world,
I believed that the luvo the creature knew
here, would be perpetuated forever holi
er, and dearer, and intons , and it was
more l!i, in mere belief to the sad, hopeful
heart that rtruggled before me. It was
crrlainiii, that took all terror from death,
malumr it the truest good angel to us
though human fear and mystery and igno
rance give it to the proportions of a Devil,
that must necessarily be encountered.
Strange! that men should make a horror
of that which is the supremest good.
The last act was performed that I'omish
Faith requires that the devotee should be
lieve as necessary to the repose of the soul,
and we were again alone Pepita, her
mother and I.
Y'et why should I lilt higher the curtain
to disclose the last interview I had with
that dying girl although so touching and
sad in all things that make life beautiful !
It was a scene of common tragedy and yet
the soh rnne.st that humanity is called upon
to act. What reader is there that has notJ
witnessed an occasion not all unlike ! That
bosom knows least of joy that has never
felt the sorrow of a friend's depirture from
this world. I pity the heart that has no
tie that tends heaven-ward.
Pepita talked ir.uch to tnc of thai one
whoje life was the all of the joy-promise
that earth oii'ered her he had cone r.-nd
she wished not to linger on, surviving him.
She spoke calmly of her own' death, in
tones that were only regretful when she
looked to the bent form of her mother.
She gave me a memento of herself, and in
accents of deep, earnest feeling, begged me
never to forget '-Poor Pepita."
The night was far gone when I uttered
my farewell. I gently kissed her forehead,
and so we parted forever.
Two days afterward I saw her laid in
the silent rrave that had been prepared for
her. As I s'rewed flowers upon the sod,
and flashed tne tears nway that garnered
not unmaiifully to my eyes, I thought that
if earth had lost one so beautiful, heaven
had gained an angel.
A simple braid of hair T. preserve still in
memory of "Poor Pepita."
l'uoon i ns or a roiM) of cotto.n.
The following is an account of the travels
of a pound of manulacltiicd American cot
ton :
"The cotton was sent fiom the United
States to London ; lbeiiei) lo Manchester,
whom it was spun into yarn ; thence lo
Paisley, where it was woven : next to Ayre
shire, lo bo tamboured ; and then to Dam
barton, where it wan handsewed. It was
then nguin sent to Paisley ; whence it was
conveyed to a distant part of Renfrew to bo
bleached, and then returned to Paisley. It
wus afterwards eeut to Glasgow, and fuiiah
ed ; and from Glasgow it was taken lo Lon
don. Fiom jl shipment in America, till its
arrival in tho London warehouse, it must
have journeyed 3000 miles by sea, and 920
by laud, lis valuii was increased by the
pioeesses of tho manufacturer 2000 per
cent, whilst no less than 150 persons were
engaijed in its cani;jo and preparation."
THE ENGLISH t'EMSl'S RETL'KNS.
Poi'ui.ation of Glasgow, Scotland.
The population within tho ancient burgh and
parliamentary city of Glasgow, on the night
of the 301 h of March, was hs follows:
Males. r.innlc. Total.
Ten pnriKties of oM lmrgh of
iiiwgow. my)-) "r,Tso limits
Hnreiiv. with rnrlinmetilHry
l."limlarv. W.W! I.T!W l'W.O'tl
Corlil mill Onvnn, within, an.ir,!) aj.lvi.l iil,4si
ir.7..7 Pt.tMt aw.sai
Loss as l.i 1
Itark-t,
Making a promt total of la-.tiTS 1I,'.IS'J :UW,fi-W
At the census of 18-11, the government
made the population of Glasgow 207.463.
Population of Glasgow, including the re
maining portion of the barony parish beyond
tho parliamentary boundary, and being now,
wilh the exception of two small districts,
called Slieltleslon and Maryhill parishes, and
tlso Covan :
Mate.. Fwnnl.-s. T-'t:it.
tiliiFgow. ns per firfl lalile, LW Hrri 17l,!)Sj U3a.(t.V?
iinr-niv. .onrvina -.'.li-'-T -j.u-ja .p..i r.'
Do.' sMir?lll'Hlnn. Ap 3 1 3-Jli'J lj.5ti-J
Tlan-iiy U'.-in! and two ilis-
tnels. laehuling purlia-
lin-nlnry boundary, r,cl 7-'0 LtlS
Oovan, 5.SS1 0.11(11 ll.'.U'J
Total, 171, 1SU 187,0(l 3jS,!)2G
Of the population of 358,920, there are
2S:j, 503 Scotch; 8,D2t) F.nglish; (i4, 185 Irish;
l,0(i5 foreijjneis ; 815 colonists, British sub
jects; and 42!) not ascertained.
The result of the present census appears
to be that the Irish bear to the gross popula
tion 2 3" per cent more than they did lalhat
of 1841 ; but this last cipher gives no ade
quate idea of the increase of those who may
be strictly considered as belonging to Ire
land, and who are domiciled within the
limits of Glasgow and its suburbs. Within
the last ten years the children born of Irish
parents have been very numerous; but these,
of course, nre all put under the head of
Scotch. While, therefore, there appears
only to be an increase of 2.07 per cent in
ihe present enumeration, above that which
the Irish bore to the population of 1841, tho
real number of inhabitants w ho are imbued
with Irish characteristics, habils, feelings,
and religious sentiments, is infinitely greater.
It is probable that this class amounts to be
tween one-fourth and one-fifth of the whole
population. The excess of females over
males amounts lo 10,074, which shows that
there are 109.7 females for every 100 males.
It likewise appears that of tho population
within the parliamentary city nnd burgh of
Glasgow, exclusive of thoso belonging to
public institutions, and amounting to 327,
1)1)5, there are 5.04 to each family; while
tho population of the whole city and suburbs,
also without public institutions, and amount
ing to 353.195. shows 5. 10 to each family.
Mission ok tub Moravian Ciii;i;cii,
According to the published accounts of this
body of devoted Christians, we find they
have thirteen mission establishments, as fol
lows :
l-Mablislir,!. SS!iiti--ns. MiK.sii'liiirn-s.
Danish West Indies, 1732 8 20
Greenland, 1733 4 23
North Ameiiea, 1733 3 12
Surinam, 173 1 9 51
South America, 1730 9 53
Jamaica. 1751 13 29
Antigua, 1750 7 51
Itarhadoes, 1705 4 9
Labrador, 1770 4 30
St. Kills, 1775 4 10
Tobago, 1700 2 4
Central America, 1848 1 4
N'ew Holland, 1850 1 2
Making n total of 09 stations, on which are
employed 282 missionaries, male and fe
male; being one station and one missionary
more than in the previous year. The report
of lhis year dops not give the number of
members; but in 1848 they were nearly
seventy thousand. The Moravian church
has more members in its missions than mils
domestic churches.
A PosK.it. --A calm, blue eyed, self-composed
and self-possesed young lady, in a
village "down cast,'' received a long call the
other day, from h prying old spinster, who
after prolonging her stay beyond even her
own conception of the yonti" lady's endur
ance, came to tho main question which had
brought her thither.
"I've been asked a good many times if you
was engaged to Dr. C Now, if folks in
quire again whether you bo or not, what
shall 1 tell 'em I think)"
"Tell them," said the young, lady, "y0
think yon don't know, and yon are sure it is
fif)n of your business."
Watf.iuxc. IIohsks. In France, coach
men never waler their horses except when
they feed, and if yon take the trouble lo in
quire iulo the eireet of the s)stem in that
country you will find it has a salutary influ
ence. When the driver stops ut on inn he
washes the hoiso's noso wilh a little vinegar
in a sponge.
Now why can't this system be followed
h-ue ? Think of it, coachmen, stage driver
and otheis. Consider on the subject, and
see if you don't think there would be policy
in adopting the method above alluded to.
There would be no harm in trying it at least,
fori can assure you your horses will not suf
fer in the least by your adopting it.
Sir Fi-etcmjeb Nohten had tho reputation
of not adhering strictly to the truth. It was
imputed to him that he said, "My dear lady
is the most unfortunate player at cards I ever
knew. She ha plnyed at whist for twenty
years, and never had a trump." "Nuy,"
said omebody, "how can that be ? She
must have had a trump when the dealt."
"0, as to that," said he "sAe lost every dctl
during the whole rrrrt'y years V
TIILOIIY OF THK UIM.E.
The theory and fact of tho superiority of
the riflo barrel gun over the smooth bore, is
as follows : in the smooth bore ihe ball
when discharged from the mnz.le, acquires
a rotary motion by friction against one or
Ihe other of ils sides, the nxis of which mo
tion is always ut right angles with the line
of its flight, but may be with respect to the
earth, cither vertical, horizontal, or inclined.
It is obvious that, as the axis of rotary mo
lion is at right angles to tho line of llight;
therefore one side of the forward half of the
bullet revolves in tho direction of its pro
gressive motion, nnd the oilier half the re
verse. Such being iho case, thu ball meets
with much more resistance from tho air on
tho side revolving forward than on tho side
revolving backward, and is. in consequence,
deflected from a right line to the right or
loft, upward or downward, according to the
direction of its axis of rotation.
To obviate the irregularity in the flight of
the bullet, caused as above slated, the rifled
barrel was invented, and effect tho desired
object with great certainty. Tho twiste
grooves formed in the bote of tho rille
which, in the most approved rifles, make
about one turn in the lengtleof the barrel
cause the ball to rotate about an axis which
lies in the ame direction as the line of
(light ; hence ils forward half meets on nil
sides ait equal resistance from Ihe atmos
phere nnd is not deflected from a right
line otherwise, than by the force of grav-
ity-
AsTONisniNij Cask. On Tuesday an old
servant woman, belonging to Mr. Hamilton
Lufborough, died, aged seventy. For thirty
years she had been inflicted wilh a largo
lump below her stomach, bony lo the touch.
Yesterday a post mortem examination was
made by Dr. J. S. Snyder, when one of the
most remarkable cases known to the profes
sion was developed. It seems that, at the
age of foity. she gave birth to a dead bom
twin infant. Shortly after the swelling made
its appearance, the vteras became ossified
and enclosed an infant, and now, after 39
years, it appears in its natural slate, pel feci
in feature, limb and muscle. The weight of
the ossifieial uterus is 3 pounds and 12 oun
ces. It measures 21 inches at ils greater
circumference, and 17 inches at its lesser.
This palhalogic.nl curiosity was seen by hun
dreds of our citizens during the day. It is
thu intention of Dr. S. to forward this singu
lar specimen to Dr. Valentine Mutt, of New
York, and shortly to give a detailed account
of this most interesting case. Georgetown
1). C.) Reporter.
Tiu'tii wtt.i. oct. Many people have
wondered why women have not beards.
liead the following and then be enlighten
ed :
I'Nntme, r-arlllt-.eH of the rAlirusv. hack,
rianlnl II" l-ar! upon wi-Inan'F t'l'.ee :
Not s-aa inlcr's razors, tlmm-h Ihe very Levt,
ConUI shave a elan that NKVHU is AT ne.vr."
A Glm of a Tourist. t:l am soiry," said
a Kentuckian to an Fnglish lady totiristft,
with a peculiar twinkle in his eye "I am
sorry you havn't time to visit the Mammoth
Cave ; it's the greatest hole in this airlh ; it
is true as you've got a note-book in your
hand there. The very first chamber you go
into, is w here the bats of the United States
pass the w inter. Millions of thou) assemble
there, madam . The farthest apartment
madam, is called the Antipodean chamber
from the fact that you can walk just as easi
ly npon the ceiling as upon tho floor. And
what is more singular, madam, in the same
apartment there is a natural fountain of pure
brandy." The lady noted it down.
COOD ADYII't:.
Look over the corn-field, and if there are
many "hills" missing, rc-plunl. If the
giotind is good and well cultivated, a fair
crop of corn may yet bo grown. Or, if you
please, fill up the vacancies with beans,
pumpkins, squashes, water-melons or cu
cumbers. On planting either of the above
named seeds, at this season, soak them
over nigh!.
Dig your cabbce ground two "spita'' deep,
and place the manure bet ween the upper
and lower spits while the diggings is going
on. If you will take a little extra trouble to
dig your gardens deep, tho roots of your
phmts will find it out when dry weather
conies and fully repay the expenses.
When the ground is prepared foi late cab
bage, sow radish see l ail over it, and rake it
lightly. The radishes will not interfere
whh your cabbage crop, they Will be tit to
pull belore the second hoeing tf the cab
bage. Artificial Coal. In the French Acade
my of Sciences, some interesting experi
ments have been made in pioduuing mine
ral coal by an artificial process, which it is
expected will throw much light ou the sub
ject tf geology. Wood is put iulo an iron
or glass cylinder, and closed against any
escapo of air, and applied to a heat of 600
(leg. The result has been, that the wood
was melted and leduced to mineral coal.
Old wood of dry fibre produced dry coal ;
but young wood, or that which was put in
wet, ptoduced a glutinous eoal.
There are two peonies in the garden at
tho President's house at Washington, which
together, contain at this time three hundred
and forty-five flowers. Some of them mea
sure Iwenty-oue inchei in circumference.
The bunches are very latge, and yiew from
seed sown 12 years a;jo.
UAnl.Y CUTTING OF CHAIN.
Li advance of the time of harvesting the)
wheat crop, we desire to impress these
truths upon nil wheat growers. By cntlinfi;
your wheat frnrn seven to ten days before it
is ripe, tlfo following beneficial results will
flow ; your stlaw will bo heavier, brighter,
more rmliiiive, and make food for "your
stock; while, to a certainty, your crop will
escape injury from that fatal disease thu
P.iist.
We take time hy the forelock to give thi
short fiotiftJ ; but shall in onr next month's
conversalion, treat the subject more at
latge.
Wheat intended for seed, should, wo
think, not be cut before it may have ripen
ed. This, however, is an unsettled point.
Had oil r advici been followed last year,
we are confident that wheat growers would
have been spared the loss of thousands of
bushels of wheal, which they sustained
through the rust, owing lo their delaying
culling until the grain was ripe.
We will here mid, that it would be con
sistent with enlightened economy, to harvest
all descriptions of small grain, before they
are fully ripe.
Somk degree of excitement has exhibited
itself in Pollsville the past week, by tho
presence of Henry Hill, high siierilfof Liv
ingston counly; New Yoik, nnd another
gentleman, in quest of horses said to havd
been stolen some months since from citizens
of that pcetiou. A number of tine carriage)
horses, in the possession of gentlemen here,
were identified as among those stolen, and
on proper allirrnation, 2 of them were deliv
ered up. Then! is a presumption, based
upon circumstances which have transpired,
that u combination exists between certain
horse dealeis in New York State and in the
northern portion of this Slate, with a gang
of unprincipled nacn, who are parties to n
wholesale sw indling operation, of which in-
nocent purchasers are made Ihe dupes.
Mining J(tv.islcr.
Si.ayk.rs Capi l T.Ki). Capt. Sonic, of the
bark Gon. Taylor, w hich arrived at Saletii
on Monday, reports from Sierra Leone, that
April 19lh, the liritish brig Penguin, captur
ed at sea an Kasteru built brig with 400
slaves on board, and 2u0 had died. The
brig had no papers or name, nnd the r fiie'ers
refused to furnish any. She was brought
into Siena Leone on the 22J March. April
Sth a brig, Hallinioru built, without papers
or name, wilh slave decks, kc, was taken
in a small bay, at the Soul beast of Sierra
Leone. The crew of the captuied vessel
nfterwaids mutinied, and were lodged in
jail. The vessels were to be broken up and
soKI . Sulem Frrtma.i .
A Git.vri.n i. i'l'.oTcor.i:. Madam de Ne
monrs had chniilably brought up a poor
child. When the child was about nine
years old she said to her benefactress,
"-Madame, no one can be more grateful for
your charity than I am, and I cannot better
acknowledge it than by telling every body I
am yi nr daughter. Pat do net Li; alarmed,
I will not say I am yout lawful child, only
your il'eilimati; daughter."
A Fiiii.itrfi'i. CATAsnsoi'iir. occurred in
the garden of tho Duke of Montpensier, at
Alcala tie! Kin, en the 10th of May. The
prince had caused a steam-engine lo be pla
ced in it for i;s irrigation, and that day was
fixed for its trial. Either from neglect or
imprudence on the part of the engineer, the
boiler exploded and oveithrew Ihe building,
burying under its ruins 00 or 70 persons as
eisiing at the experiment ns operatives or
mere spectators, many of whom were
killed.
Tnv. Oi.DKST S.IH.M.H.N in KcuorB, ii Kr
nest, King of Hanover. This day, Juno 5lh,
completes his Mnh year. He is the only sur
viving sen of George the Third, and was for
merly known as the Duke of Cumberland.
He, instead of Vieloiia. acceded to tho throuo
of Hanover ou the death of his brother, Wil
liam the Fourth, in Jane, 1837, on which
day Ihe thrones c.f F.ngland and Hanover
were separated the pievaleuce of the salio
law preventing the accession of females.
Tin: Tanama Herald fays that "about ono
hundred miles fiom lhis-, within the province
there exists a native child, which was born
with tin; di.-tiint htddj. The child if a male,
nnd i.i now about ten years old. It has
been seen by peisons residing in this city,
and their ftatement in relation to the ex
Inordinary malformation is authentic."
Where is Pjinum !
Practical Satiuk. At Syracuse, New
Yoik, ou Saturday, a fat negro woman, rig
ged out in the eew Turkish style, with a
dress reaching just below her knees flowing
troupers and a gipsy hat, with streaming rib
bons, pioiuciiaded ihe streets, 'attracting
considerable attention. The dress was
given to her by some young gcuilemeii of
the city.
A ticAkKit, on hearing a man damn a
particularly bad piece of rend, went to him
and said : "Friend, I'm under obligation to
thee. What thou hast done I would have,
done, but my religion forbids it. Don't, iet,
my conscience, however, bridle tliilie.
Give thine indignation wings, and su:Ter no
Ihe prejudices of others lo paralyze the
tongue of justice and long sjifering yea,
verily, u-um !"
A man that hath no virtue in himself, en
vieth it in others,